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US 2010/0245866 A1Published application
Multifunction apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShunsuke Minamikawa
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Abstract
A multifunction apparatus includes: an execution request acceptance section that accepts a request for executing a function; a determination section that determines whether or not the execution request is a function involving printing operation when the execution request acceptance section receives the execution request; and an execution section that performs print preparation operation when the determination section determines that the execution request does not correspond to the function involving printing operation.
Claims10
A multifunction apparatus comprising:
- an execution request acceptance section that accepts a request for executing a function;
- a determination section that determines whether or not the execution request is a function involving printing operation when the execution request acceptance section receives the execution request;
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- an execution section that performs print preparation operation when the determination section determines that the execution request does not correspond to the function involving printing operation.
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A multifunction apparatus comprising:
- an input section that inputs user identification information;
- an identification section that identifies a user by the input identification information;
- a restriction section that imposes restrictions on utilization of a function according to the identified user;
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- an execution section that executes print preparation operation when the restriction section determines that utilization of the function involving printing operation is restricted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.